University of Macedonia- Department of Business Administration
Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας- Τμήμα Οργάνωσης και Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων
The University of Macedonia was established in its current form in 1990 and is located in Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece. It is a State University under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education. It is a dynamic institution with four faculties consisting of eight undergraduate academic departments covering thirty graduate programs (Master Degrees) in disciplines with a high demand in the labour market. About 16.000 undergraduate and 2.000 graduate students attend courses in the University of Macedonia. They key areas of interest are related to the fields of economics, administration, applied informatics and social and political sciences. The decision making bodies are the senate, the rector and the council. The University of Macedonia employees 241 people as teaching and research staff of various academic levels. Also, the Research Committee employs a number of researcher and scientific staff during the implementation of research projects.
The University of Macedonia is the second and youngest University of Thessaloniki. In its sixth decade of operation, the University is a modern state Higher Education institution, renowned for the ambience of quality, freedom, democracy, meritocracy and individual development it provides to all its members. The Department of Business Administration of the University of Macedonia is based on the principle that the well-trained professional must achieve a sophisticated and critical grounding in theory. This principle, along with a commitment to vigour in the formal tools and techniques of Business Administration analysis, guides the course of both undergraduate and graduate programs. The Department of Business Administration participates in many EU co-funded programs, either as a Leader or as a Partner, such as Erasmus-ECTS, Interreg (European Territorial Co-operation), EGNATIA – VAE, Leonardo, Tempus and has two Jean Monnet chairs. In addition, the University has collaborated with many universities abroad and participates in a number of International Organizations such as EUA, IAU, CUM, EUCEN, THENUCE, ASECU, EUPRIO, IAUP, AIMOS Network and BSUN.